Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXVII - Agricultural Commodity Dealer and Warehouse Law
Chapter 1 - Agricultural Commodities Commission
Subchapter E - Assessments and Fees
Section XXVII-127 - Assessments: Amount, Time of Payment, Payment under Special Conditions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXVII-127

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Assessments shall be due and payable from the producer at the first point of sale as defined in §101 of this Part.

B. Each grain dealer shall deduct the assessments set forth in this rule and in R.S. 3:3422 from the proceeds to be paid to producers at the time of sale of commodities.

C. Assessments on commodities normally weighed by hundredweight and on commodities normally weighed by bushels shall be as set forth in R.S. 3:3422. The weight of commodities normally weighed in barrels shall be converted to bushels by multiplying the barrel weight by 3.6.

D. Rates of Assessments

1. Assessments on regulated commodities listed in §105 of this Part shall be at rates comparable to the rates set forth in §127. E of this Part. The exact assessment on each commodity shall be promulgated in the Louisiana Register and when so promulgated shall remain in full force and effect until changed by subsequent promulgation in the Louisiana Register. Such assessments may be collected as soon as promulgated in the Louisiana Register and shall be collected in the same manner as the assessments listed in §127. C of this Part.

2. Rates of assessments to be levied at the first point of sale of agricultural commodities.

Rough Rice

$.01 per hundredweight

Corn

$0.007 per bushel

Soybeans

$0.007 per bushel

Oats

$0.007 per bushel

Sorghum

$0.007 per bushel

Wheat

$0.007 per bushel

Cotton

$0.10 per bale

3. All assessments collected by licensees of the commission shall be remitted to the commissioner, together with the report form required by the commission, no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which the assessments are collected.

4. The above assessments shall remain in effect until changed by the commission.

E. Each cotton merchant, grain dealer and warehouse shall remit all assessments withheld from producers, or otherwise due under this rule, together with a report on the form provided by the commission, to the commissioner no later than the fifteenth day of each month.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3405 and R.S. 3:3422.

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